Iran has already executed 700 this year and the figure could cross 1000 by year end

With 700 executions already carried out by Iran since January 2015, the final count could go up to over 1000 by the end of the year. This has been revealed in a report from a United Nations analyst who has been studying the rogue nation's actions.
This has been reported in foxnews.com dated 28 October 2015.

It seems within the past two weeks, the Islamic Republic has violated international law by hanging two juvenile offenders and there are dozens more who are in death row and awaiting a similar fate. Most of them are believed to be nonviolent drug offenders.
The laws in Iran ae harsh. Two Iranian poets have been jailed for their work and sentenced to 99 lashes apiece because they had shaken hands with members of the opposite sex.
In May 2014, a group of young Iranian men and women were arrested for a video of them dancing to Pharrell Williams' song "Happy." The arrests attracted widespread criticism, including from the musician himself, those involved each received suspended sentences of six months in jail plus 91 lashes.
And, an award-winning Iranian filmmaker Keywan Karimi has been sentenced to six years in prison and 223 lashes over his films, which in the opinion of the authorities were "insulting sanctities."
Such sentences are strange considering President Hassan Rouhani's efforts to soften the country's image and improve relations with the West – it includes the landmark nuclear agreement that had been reached last summer.
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Seven Iranian men and women had been arrested in May for posting a video of themselves dancing to the American pop hit "Happy". However, they were later released after intervention of self-professed "moderate" President Hassan Rouhani foxnews.com.
He had tweeted that the regime should lighten up.
Anyway, the Happy Group was forced to apologize on television and endure a trial in which they were convicted and each of them was sentenced to 91 lashes. One of them was given a full year in prison while the others got six months.
It is understood from their attorney that the sentences were suspended which means it will become null and void after a certain period of time (3-years in this case). As explained by attorney Farshid Rofugaran, in a suspended sentence, the verdict is not carried out, but if during this period a similar offense is committed, then the accused would be subjected to legal punishment and the suspended sentence will then be carried out as well.
This is seen as Iran's latest crackdown on freedom of expression.
Incidentally, the ‘Happy’ video was part of a global campaign that had been launched by pop star Pharrell Williams and had been viewed by over 100,000 people on YouTube. The six Iranians who appeared on the video and a man who shot the footage apologized and revealed that they had been tricked into doing it. After this confession, they had been released on bail.
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